Ann Cleeves

An exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a distraught stranger who claims to be an amnesiac unaware of his true identity, a situation complicated for Inspector Perez when the man turns up murdered the next day, in the follow-up to the award-winning Raven Black. 25,000 first printing.

A Thriller

White Nights

Sarah Sammis

like Valley of the Lost, Cleeves chose to clue in the readers before Detective Jimmy Perez or any of the other investigators. In both books, this means a change of location to a remote, out of country one. I did have to chuckle at the inclusion of Huddersfield only because of my five year following of Felix, and more recently Bolt, at the railway station.

The book was fun but not as compelling at Raven Black.

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WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD 2017White Nights is the second title in Ann Cleeves' Shetland crime series featuring Detective Jimmy Perez.NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMAWhen Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.Yet this is no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of the small Biddista community. Then another body is found.Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . . .PRAISE FOR WHITE NIGHTS"Taut, atmospheric ... will keep readers guessing until the last page." Publishers Weekly

Very good. Lots of people to feed the red herring feast, and an interesting off-island component. You can see why she’s popular. 

Jan Jackson

The electrifying follow-up to the Dagger Award–winning Raven Black. In this second thriller of the highly acclaimed Shetland Island series featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a stranger who bursts into tears, then claims not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day he's found dead. Set in midsummer, the book captures the unsettling nature of a landscape where the sun never quite sets and where people are not as they first seem.

Sian Wadey

It's a good murder mystery to keep you going, but it's not gripping enough, and some of the characters are a bit annoying. Maybe if I'd have read the first of the Shetland Quartet I would have liked it better.

Alexander Venturas

I think I enjoyed this book because it wasn't ever adapted into the TV series. 

Nadine 

Nice sense of place and good twist at the end.

shellybn

I really do not care about the relationship between Perez and Fran.

Chris Aldrich

Well tied up after l after laying things out so beautifully. Bigger on character than actual plot though, so it moved pretty slowly until about 60% of the way through.

Jean MacDonald

I love the setting, though it feels a bit mentally cramped in the Shetland Islands with its small population, compared to the Northumberland setting of the Vera Stanhope series. Jimmy Perez knows everyone and has connections to everyone. His colleagues aren’t as compelling as Vera’s.  I’m not sure how long I’ll stay engaged, despite loving the TV series. 

White Nights A Thriller

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